Category : Birds

Spring mornings in wetlands reveal a different dawn chorus: bitterns boom, reed warblers chatter, waders call, and each species joins in a loose, shifting order.

Use silhouette, flight style, habitat and season to separate marsh harriers, buzzards and red kites on a British walk.

Tell grey herons, little egrets and great white egrets apart by silhouette, flight, habitat and season, with practical field checks for birds seen at a distance.